Advisory board - Reimagine Europa

Re-Imagine Europa’s Advisory Board is the most important body of the organisation, bringing together experts, policymakers and civil society representatives from across Europe on behalf of different sectors, disciplines and political perspectives.

The Advisory Board is crucial in developing Re-Imagine Europa’s long-term strategy and priorities.

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing †

President

Maria João Rodrigues

Chairwoman of RIE Advisory Board, President of FEPS, former Member of the European Parliament and former Vice-President of S&D Group

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament, former President of Spinelli Group and former Vice President of the European Movement International 

Elmar Brok

former Member of the European Parliament and former President of the Union of European Federalists

Manuel Castells

Sociologist and former Minister of University of the Spanish Government

António Damásio

David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California

Étienne Davignon

President of Friends of Europe and former Vice-President of the European Commission

Paolo De Castro

former Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Agriculture of Italy

Isidro Fainé Casas

Chairman of “la Caixa” Foundation and CriteriaCaixa

Lisa Gansky

Thinker, author, serial tech entrepreneur

Caroline de Gruyter

Journalist and Author

Angel Gurría

former Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Aart Jan de Geus

Independent Supervisor and Advisor

Enrico Letta

President of Jacques Delors Insitute, former Prime Minister of Italy, former National Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party, Founder of ‘Scuola di Politiche’ in Italy and former Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs - Sciences Po

Monica Maggioni

Journalist, Editorial Director at RAI (national public broadcasting company of Italy), former Director and Journalist of Italian News Channel TG1 (RAI)